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Canadians went to the polls on Oct. 21. We published an exhaustive list of promises made by four major political parties in the lead-up to the election. (For a look at Max Bernier’s People’s Party of Canada, see here.) Did we miss something? Let us know by emailing letters@macleans.ca.

Click here to watch a full replay of the Maclean’s/CityTV National Leaders Debate.

Liberal platform

Raise the basic personal amount to $15,000 by 2023, for taxpayers whose annual salary is less than $147,000 (source)

Cut in half the corporate tax paid by companies that develop and manufacture zero-emissions technologies (source)

Put a 10 per cent tax on luxury cars, boats, and personal aircraft over $100 (source)

Conservative platform

Cut the tax rate on income under $47,630 from 15 per cent to 13.75 per cent (source, PBO analysis)

Effectively remove federal portion of income tax from EI maternity and EI parental benefits by providing a non-refundable tax credit of 15 per cent for any income earned under these two programs (source)

Remove the Goods and Services Tax (GST) from home heating and energy bills (source)

Establish a single tax return for Quebec, administered by the province (source)

Bring back the Harper-era public transit tax credit of up to 15 per cent on monthly and weekly transit passes or electronic fare cards (source, PBO analysis)

Relaunch a children’s fitness tax credit so parents can claim up to $1,000 for expenses related to fitness and sports activities (source, PBO analysis)

Relaunch a children’s arts tax credit to claim up to $500 for expenses related to arts and educational activities (source, PBO analysis)

Increase the government’s contribution to an RESP from 20 per cent to 30 per cent for every dollar invested up to $2,500 a year (low-income parents would receive 50 per cent on the first $500 they invest every year) (source, PBO analysis)

Reduce personal income tax payable by exempting the spouses or common-law partners of individuals who own a Canadian-controlled private corporation from the tax on split income (source, PBO analysis)

Restore full access to the small business tax rate for corporations earning more than $50,000 in passive investment income in a given year (source, PBO analysis)

Create a 20 per cent refundable tax credit for green improvements to homes of over $1,000 and up to $20,000 (source, PBO analysis)

Reduce the number of hours needed to qualify for the Volunteer Firefighter Tax Credit and the Search and Rescue Volunteer Tax Credit – from 200 to 150 in a calendar year (source)

Boost the adoption expense tax credit to $20,000 and make it fully refundable (source)

NDP platform

Increase the capital gains tax inclusion rate from the current 50 to 75 per cent (source)

Roll back the Conservatives’ corporate income tax cuts by three percentage points to 2010 levels (18 per cent) (source)

Create a “super-wealth tax” of one per cent on wealth exceeding $20 million, including “luxury items” like real estate and investments portfolios. (source, PBO analysis)

Increase the top marginal tax rate by two points to 35 percent (source)

Close stock option loopholes and crack down on shell companies operating in tax havens (source)

Require web giants, such as Netflix, to charge QST and GST, and hold them to the same standards as Canadian cable companies (source)

Put in place a 15 percent foreign buyers tax on purchases of residential property by foreign corporations or people who are not citizens or permanent residents (source, PBO analysis)

Put in place income tax averaging for artists and cultural workers (source)

Exempt new and used electric and zero-emission vehicles from federal sales tax (source)

Implement a tax on large corporations that is equivalent to the income tax paid by employees who have been laid off due to artificial intelligence—with small business being exempt—and use that revenue to fund educational and transition programs for those laid-off (source)

Increase the tax credit for volunteer firefighters and search and rescue volunteers (source)

Introduce an international tax for aviation and shipping fuels earmarked for the Global Climate Fund (source)

Prohibit Canadian business from deducting advertising costs on foreign owned websites, like Facebook or Google (source)

Liberal platform

Reduce cell phone bills by 25 per cent annually, in part by expanding entry of network operators; if prices haven’t come down after two years, government would lower investment thresholds for new players and empower the CRTC to help get rates down (source)

Increase the Northern Resident Deduction, offering those living in the Northern Zone at least $1,200 in deductible travel costs (or $600 in deductible travel costs for people in the Intermediate Zone) (source)

Liberal platform

Provide up to 2,000 entrepreneurs a year with as much as $50,000 to launch a new business (source)

Give $250 to every new business looking to expand online services (source)

Eliminate all fees from the Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC), Export Development Canada (EDC), and Farm Credit Canada, for business advisory services like mentorship and training (source)

Cut the cost of federal incorporation by 75 per cent, from $200 down to $50 (source)

Eliminate the “swipe fee” on HST and GST for credit transactions (source)

Invest $100 million in skills training, to ensure there are enough qualified workers to keep up with energy audits, retrofits, and net-zero home construction (source)

Introduce a Career Insurance Benefit that would kick in after Employment Insurance ends, giving an additional 20 per cent of insured earnings in the first year following a layoff, and 10 per cent in the second year (source)

Creating a Canadian Apprenticeship Service, providing providing up to $10,000 per apprentice, over four years, for every new position created

Implement a $40 million/year national workplace accessibility fund, with a focus on making small and medium-sized businesses more accessible

Conservative platform

No specific proposals yet.

NDP platform

Overhaul employment insurance (EI), setting the qualification threshold at 360 hours to cover more workers, while creating a new worker’s development and opportunities fund to expand training options beyond those who qualify for EI (source)

Liberal platform

Require federal buildings to be powered completely by clean electricity by 2022 (source)

Conserve and protect 25 per cent of Canada’s land and 25 per cent of Canada’s oceans by 2025, working towards 30 per cent in each by 2030 (source)

Create a national Experience Canada program, helping 75,000 lower-income families spend up to four days in one of Canada’s National or Provincial Parks every year—including camping accommodations and a travel bursary of up to $2,000 (source)

Provide a 10 per cent rebate on the purchase of used zero-emission cars, up to $2,000 (source)

Plant two billion trees over 10 years

Complete all flood maps in Canada and develop an action plan to assist home owner relocation for those at highest risk or repeat flooding

Increase investment to the Disaster Mitigation and Adaptation Fund by $1 billion investment over the next decade

Invest any profit from the sale of the Trans Mountain Expansion Project into clean energy projects and climate solutions

Install up to 5,000 charging stations for vehicles

Require federal investments in public transit support zero-emission buses and rail systems, starting in 2023

Conservative platform

Set emissions standards for major emitters that produce more than 40 kilotonnes per year of greenhouse gases, requiring them to invest in private-sector research and development of green technology (source)

Establish a green patent credit that will reduce the tax rate to five per cent on income that is generated from green technology developed and patented in Canada (source)

Expand Export Development Canada programs to issue more green bonds that provide financing for the development of emissions-reducing technologies (source)

Create a two-year green homes tax credit for homeowners to help pay for energy-saving renovations (source)

Re-establish an advisory panel that gave hunting, angling and conservation groups input on policies and programs on conservation. (source)

Negotiate regulatory changes that would increase the energy efficiency of cross-border trucking while encouraging research and development in eco-friendly modes of transportation. (source)

NDP platform

Set a target to retrofit all housing stock in Canada by 2050, by providing low-interest loans repayable through energy savings to pay for home upgrades like insulation, windows, heat pumps, and other renewable technologies (source)

Modernize and expand public transit in communities across Canada and ensure that federal transit funding flows with an emphasis on low-carbon transit projects (source)

Set a target to power Canada with net carbon-free electricity by 2030 and move to 100 per cent non-emitting electricity by 2050 (source)

Ban single-use plastics by 2022 as part of broader waste reduction strategy (source)

Create a permanent, direct, allocation-based funding mechanism to modernize and expand public transit in communities across Canada (source)

Provide low-cost financing to local governments in support of the electrification of transit and other municipal fleets by 2030 (source)

Establish a new Canadian Climate Bank, which will be capitalized with $3 billion by the federal government and mandated to spur investment in the low carbon economy, accelerate the adoption of clean technology, create good jobs, and support local economic development (source)

Conservative platform

NDP platform

Work with Indigenous peoples to co-develop a National Action Plan for Reconciliation, drawing directly from the Calls to Action and the Declaration to ensure that Canada’s laws, policies, and practices are consistent with Canada’s human rights commitments (source)

Establish a National Council for Reconciliation to provide oversight and accountability for reconciliation process, reporting regularly to Parliament and Canadians (source)

Co-develop the federal government’s Arctic Policy Framework through shared governance within the Inuit-Crown Partnership Committee, including through the adoption of an Inuit Nunangat policy in full partnership with Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami (source)

Renewing the fleet of the Canadian Coast Guard by ordering 18 new ships at a cost of $15.7 billion. Seaspan’s Vancouver Shipyards would build 16 multi-purpose vessels while Irving Shipbuilding of Halifax would build two Arctic patrol vessels (source)

Institute Canada’s Digital Charter so people can control their personal data, including the right to erase personal data from platforms like Facebook and Google, and review and challenge the amount of personal data collected by a company or the government (source)

Conservative platform

Ensure that plain language-use agreements are instituted so that companies collecting electronic data must receive informed consent from Canadians (source)

Create a “Canada Cyber Safe” certification system to ensure products that incorporate artificial intelligence or that can access the Internet meet ethical and safety standards (source)

Cost-share new anti-gang law enforcement initiatives with provinces and territories, amount unspecified (source)

Liberal platform

Invest $100 million over four years in the Tourism Community Infrastructure Fund for local needs of communities that rely on tourism

Create a National Infrastructure Fund and support projects like the Newfoundland-Labrador fixed transportation link

Ensure that 95 per cent of Canadian homes and businesses have high-speed internet by 2026, and 100 per cent by 2030

Increasing investments in small craft harbours by $40 million annually

Conservative platform

Eliminate the Infrastructure Bank introduced by the Liberals

Prioritize infrastructure projects like the Ontario Line and Yonge subway extension in Ontario; the George Massey tunnel replacement project in British Columbia; and a third link across the Saint Lawrence River in Québec (source)

NDP platform

Fund public infrastructure through under “community benefit agreements” that guarantee jobs, training, apprenticeships and support for local business are part of every project (source)

Expand funding for communities to adapt infrastructure to withstand climate change impacts like floods and fires; amount not specified. (source)

Green platform

Invest $600 million in 2020-21, increasing to $720 million by 2023, to develop regional rail networks, which will include sections of 10 km tracks to avoid congestion between heavy freight and passenger in the national rail network, while expanding bus services to rural communities (source)

Fund the re-routing of tracks for freight and rail yards away from populated areas (source)

Direct the Canada Infrastructure Bank, to invest in climate-proofing essential infrastructure, prioritizing upgrades to drinking water and waste water systems (source)

Liberal platform

Create up to 250,000 more before and after school spaces for kids under the age of 10 (source)

Lower parents’ child care fees by 10 per cent across the country (source)

Dedicate a target of ten per cent of the new spaces to provide more child care options for parents who work overtime, late shifts, or multiple jobs (source)

Double federal support to the provinces and territories through the Early Learning and Child Care Framework, investing at least $535 million more each year (source)

Invest at least $25 million per year to help cover the costs for early childhood educators seeking further training, and lower tuition costs for people getting their early childhood educator degree (source)

Establish a national secretariat to work with the provinces and territories to lay the groundwork for a pan-Canadian child care system (source)

Give up to $1,000 more to families to help when the costs of raising kids are highest, by boosting the Canada Child Benefit by 15 per cent for children under the age of one (source)

Liberal platform

Introduce the Culture Pass, a $200 credit that every Canadian child will receive when they turn 12, to be at theatres, museums, galleries, workshops, and other cultural venues

Require that CBC/RadioCanada open up its digital platform

Increase Telefilm Canada’a annual funding by nearly 50 per cent

Legislate that ensure that all content providers offer meaningful levels of Canadian content in their catalogues, contribute to the creation of Canadian content in both official languages, and promote this content

How we did it: We’ll update this post whenever a major party makes a promise in the context of the next election (as opposed to re-announcing funding or criticizing a government measure). When parties release their full platforms, we’ll incorporate those promises into this compendium. Until the Liberals release their platform, we’ll draw on future promises made in this year’s federal budget.